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Show J VERDICT 0THEHARTYR1)U1I i Finding of tie Coroner' Jury oa I if Ctaa3 Trarclr. I Tho foltywln appetn as a press d'sralchuaU-J Carthage, III, September Sep-tember 11: r An irrte-cstlntr JU-overy was main by Thomas It. Griffith, a pfo-1 neercltun, white hunt in- aniing I a pile ofruluUh In buc of the court I hoti'ejury rams. It is Uie orlglual coroner's vrdict on th Killing of Joseph and Hyrum Smith at the old Utrtlwie all oa June 23th, IS II. The vefdlctrea-Uai follows! "We, tho Jury, having beoo dnlv sworn by etrorgo W, hllgnll, coroner ft llaecock county, ddlmly to in qolroanj atrus prestaunen: make ta what manor? and by whom Jovph S-mllh amr llyrum Sod'h, wLo-e dead bmle4 Wrf fousd in nd at the Jsl of Hancock canary on the 23th nay of Jutiei, lbll cams to their chains, afmr having heard the orldenco and upon foil Inquiry coneerning tho facts and a caret I examireuiHi of tho nld bojle. du find that tlw dcceue-I canic to their dniths by vmtenro. and that Lb boily ol the sail Joseph Hinnh has upon it tho following marks, to-wit. A vound of a bulls: near the rkrbt breast and anrllber In the rlzhi shonl- Ider aod that thesuld llyrum vmKh hi tho follonrlo- in irks, to wit i woatid in the thmat br a ballet and a woun 1 la tbe ablomen. Indicted br some perssnex: erout 10 tbejury uu-knoTTii uu-knoTTii and ulilcb tbo Jury find lo be the cans of thfir tagaths." The document Js atcned by Wrs Iy Wllllaru!, FtnnklioK J llsit-lett, llsit-lett, Aaron GrifUths, Antbiuy BarUian, Oeorga ('. Vaargoner, Prter Bioau, 4.reor),a JUclimati, Tlromas Bsrnttt, i-.lmu s Freeman, John Mahenuau, Simeon Peunock, Samue Gilpin. nudorsemjj.!. "rdtet of the jury on an inquest tilsii ths boilies if Jtoeph i,4tf, ulr Hrruni biullb, lirl OjKilr3th, . I)"l J. Ik II ICKK.XSTOB. Ctsrk." Thedociliient doe" not appear to have eeu tiled until fuiir months a"er the killing and the Inquest, There ran be in. doubtastoiUgeuu-inenc. doubtastoiUgeuu-inenc. It Is written on an excel- lent quality of old style Hue fault cap, lalutly ruled, and it d'scolured bj time. tSofaras known, the enly person now living wlio was on lhat jury Is Mr. Geonco C. Wagxom r. of Pilot Grove township. Mr. GrifilUis,who f-und the paer, sa-r the r-mllli killing. He vrm n memlirr ol the CsiUisgo Urayn, that guarded the Jail " The dc-scrlptlon of the wounds Is so Incorrect a to Indicate that the doeumeut U not xenulue. t er example, ex-ample, the shot wrflc'i produced Uie death of Hyrum Smith strurc him In tne race. The Jurorx, howevir, did not see the remains, which tcay account for errors In describing Uie U MllHts. . |
